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The expedition team's Crystal RV rolled smoothly across the barren land of Xiniuhezhou.

Leaving the ethereal realm of Wuzhuang Temple, the surrounding scenery once again became desolate, with yellow sand and Gobi Desert dominating the landscape. However, as the RV continued westward, a vast and boundless primeval forest appeared, like a huge black scar stretching across the sky and earth.

That is the Black Pine Forest.

The pine trees in the forest were so tall they blocked out the sky, their needles so dense and black that sunlight could not penetrate them, casting a gloomy and oppressive atmosphere over the entire forest. Wisps of demonic energy coiled among the trees like venomous snakes, deterring ordinary creatures from approaching.

"Commander, the area ahead is called Black Pine Forest. It's not described in detail in the map, only marked as having dense demonic energy. I suggest we take a detour." Ao Lie manipulated the jade tablet, projecting the external scenery onto the light screen, his tone tinged with caution.

Jiang Liuer frowned. He flipped through the "Geography and Resource Survey Atlas of the Great Shang Dynasty" in his hand and, sure enough, saw a huge red skull marker in the location of the Black Pine Forest, with the words "High-risk Unexplored Area" written next to it.

"Detour?" Tianpeng, having just finished a piece of monster jerky, leaned over and said nonchalantly, "Detour what? Just drive straight through! I, Old Pig, want to see which blind fool dares to lord it over our expedition's route!"

Ever since Lin Xuan set the new rule of "actively generating revenue," Tianpeng felt that all his fighting cells had been activated, and he saw every mountain as a walking KPI.

Lin Dasheng smashed the puppet into pieces with a single blow in the training ground, then strode out carrying his golden cudgel, his monkey eyes gleaming with excitement: "That's right! That's right! There must be a great monster in this dark forest! Perfect timing for me, Old Sun, to loosen up my muscles!"

At the back of the car, the two car wash workers, Jianglong and Fuhu, were sweating profusely. They exchanged a glance, both seeing deep sympathy in each other's eyes. They mourned for their fellow travelers in the black pine forest. This wasn't an inspection team; it was clearly a band of bandits disguised as officials!

Meanwhile, deep within the black pine forest, inside a sinister cave—the Wave Moon Cave.

A hideous demon dressed in a yellow robe stared at the water mirror before him, in which a crystal RV was slowly approaching. He was none other than Kui Mulang, one of the Twenty-Eight Constellations who had been sent to the mortal realm by a secret order from the Jade Emperor Haotian.

"Hmph, a bunch of rabble dares to call themselves an inspection team?" Kui Mulang looked at the extremely luxurious RV in the water mirror, his eyes full of disdain and greed.

He was a celestial deity, and although he had been sent to the mortal realm on a secret mission, his inherent arrogance remained. In his eyes, this so-called inspection team was nothing more than a makeshift troupe put together by the Pangu Palace to show off its power.

"His Majesty has ordered that a deadly trap be set up here to capture Jin Chanzi alive. If we can wipe out this whole group, it will be an even greater achievement!" Kui Mulang thought to himself. He had already abducted Princess Baihuaxiu of Baoxiang Kingdom to the cave, and everything was ready, just waiting for the pilgrim to walk into the trap.

He had no idea that the script for this journey to the west had long been completely altered by Lin Xuan.

"My men!" Kui Mulang roared towards the outside of the cave, "Get your spirits up! Show those hulking bumpkins from the Southern Continent what they're made of!"

"roar!"

Outside the cave, hundreds of wolf demons, tiger spirits, and bear monsters responded with a roar, each carrying a rusty broadsword and spear, howling as they charged out of the cave and laid an ambush in the forest.

The Crystal RV drove precisely into the darkest part of the Black Pine Forest.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Several leopard spirits, banging on a broken gong, leaped out of the roadside bushes.

Immediately afterward, a massive tiger demon, carrying a chipped Xuanhua axe, stood arrogantly in the middle of the road and shouted the classic line at the top of his lungs: "This mountain is mine, these trees are mine! If you want to pass, leave your toll!"

An eerie silence instantly fell inside the RV.

Tianpeng and Lin Dasheng exchanged a glance, their eyes gleaming with extreme excitement.

Jiang Liuer closed the picture book in his hands, his little face tense. He turned to the two protectors beside him and asked calmly in an extremely businesslike tone, "Deputy Commander, Tianpeng Combatant, according to Article 3 of our newly revised 'Regulations on Security Management Along the Way for the Great Shang Westward Anti-Fraud Investigation Team,' how should we deal with this malicious commercial behavior of actively jumping out to block our way and rob us, attempting to increase our investigation costs?"

Lin Dasheng grinned, revealing his gleaming white monkey teeth, and the golden cudgel slung over his shoulder began to vibrate slightly: "Hehe, Commander, I know how to do this!"

Tianpeng was even more direct, his seemingly honest pig face gleaming with a fierce, eager light: "What else can we do? Of course, we'll demolish their den first, then settle accounts with them slowly!"